'Lachrymal' definitions:
Definition of 'lachrymal'
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Definition of 'Lachrymal'
From: GCIDE
- Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal[2] organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. [1913 Webster] Lachrymal
Definition of 'Lachrymal'
From: GCIDE
- Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. See Lachrymatory. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lachrymal'
From: GCIDE
- Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lachrymal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bloody,
- blubbering,
- chylifactive,
- chylifactory,
- chylific,
- crying,
- dissolved in tears,
- excretory,
- humoral,
- ichorous,
- in tears,
- lachrymose,
- lacrimatory,
- lactational,
- lacteal,
- lacteous,
- phlegmy,
- purulent,
- pussy,
- ready to cry,
- rheumy,
- salivant,
- salivary,
- salivous,
- sanious,
- secretional,
- secretive,
- secretory,
- seminal,
- serous,
- sialagogic,
- sniveling,
- sobbing,
- spermatic,
- suppurated,
- suppurating,
- suppurative,
- tearful,
- tearlike,
- teary,
- watering,
- watery,
- weeping,
- weepy,
- whimpering,
- with eyes suffused